Archive: Episodes

On this episode I speak with Alejandro Cremades, one of the founders of Onevest, an online platform that connects Angel Investors with exciting companies in the Earliest stages of growth. Onevest was formed in July of 2014 with the merger of Rock the Post and CoFounder’s Lab and in addition to the investment platform, the new company still carries on the mission of CoFounder’s Lab as well, which was to connect people who are looking for other people to help them realize…

Episode 18: Early Investing w/ Dan Miller of Fundrise

By Peter Clough on December 16, 2014

Dan Miller and his brother Ben Miller started Fundrise to give ordinary citizens the opportunity to invest directly in commercial real estate in their own neighborhoods. They were the first company to successfully execute a Real Estate Crowdfunding campaign that took advantage of Regulation A.  Is this the future of…

Episode 17: Early Investing w/ David Khorram

By Peter Clough on December 5, 2014

David Khorram is the founder of Crowd Funding Planning, a leading service for promoting a crowd funding campaign. On this episode, David tells us how he leverages Google’s tools and services to find opportunities and we discuss the psychology of the crowd, their first equity crowd funding project and how…
It takes more than a great idea and an enthusiastic founder to get investors to take your startup seriously.  The Startup Garage takes fledgling companies through a series of 7 milestones to prepare them to approach potential investors. On this episode, founder Tyler Jensen explains how they help entrepreneurs prepare…
Have you seen the Startup parody videos produced by Vooza.com? Well, you really should. If youhave had any contact at all with the world of Startups and Technology compoanies you will recofnixe the characters and situations in these short comedic videos. On this episode I interview both Matthew Stillman, the…
Our Crowd is already a tremendous crowdfunding success story, and the story has only just begun. Previously, Jon Medved was a Venture Capitalist who focused on the booming startup scene in Israel. With OurCrowd he has created a way for accredited investors to get into one of the hottest startup…

Episode 13: Early Investing w/ Steven Dressner

By Peter Clough on November 18, 2014

There are a lot of private equitry deals out there. A LOT. Dealflow.com has taken on the enormous task of tracking all these deals down and making this data available to you, the savvy individual investor. Steven has been building financial information businesses for years and this latest one has…

Episode 12: Early Investing w/ Jessica Alter

By Peter Clough on October 24, 2014

Being an entrepreneur can be very lonely, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Founder Dating gives company founders a platform to find co-founders, advisors, advice and much more. They connect people ina very specific way and Jessica Alter the founder and CEO will share…

Episode 11: Early Investing w/ Chris Jeffrey of Order Up

By Peter Clough on October 22, 2014

Baltimore based Restaurant Delivery Service Order Up caught our attention in August when they announced a substantial investment form a trio of regional Tech luminaries including Steve Case’s Revolution Ventures. While we had heard of Order Up previously, they didn’t seem to be that big a deal as their service,…

Episode 10: Heather Schwartz Lopes of EarlyShares.com

By Peter Clough on September 19, 2014

In this episode we hear from Heather Schwartz Lopes, a co-founder of EarlyShares.com. They provide accredited investors with a direct connection to well-vetted direct investment opportunities. Heather’s background is in big financial institutions, and she brings the discipline and structure from that world into this exciting new venture. Based in…

Episode 9: Ron Miller of Start Engine

By Peter Clough on September 15, 2014

Start Engine is a Los Angeles-based Business Accelerator providing startup companies with resources, including funding and mentorship. In addition, it is poised to launch an equity crowdfunding platform based on the provisions of the JOBS Act Title III. As of this date, we are all still waiting for the SEC to…

Episode 8: Anirban Basu of Sage Policy Group

By Peter Clough on September 12, 2014

Anirban Basu is probably the highest-profile economist in the mid-Atlantic region. He speaks frequently on business and economic development, and is also featured on the “Morning Economic Forecast” on WYPR, the NPR news station in Baltimore, Maryland. His company, Sage Policy Group, has clients in 31 states and five foreign countries,…

Episode 7: George Davis of Gamma 3

By Peter Clough on September 8, 2014

George Davis is a partner in Gamma 3, a venture catalyst firm based in Baltimore, Maryland. They are focused on creating companies based on the high-level research being done in the Baltimore-Washington region at The Johns Hopkins University, The University of Maryland and the Applied Physics Laboratory. Hundreds of millions…

Episode 6: Sydney Armani of Crowdfund Beat

By Peter Clough on September 4, 2014

Crowdfund Beat is the most comprehensive site for crowdfunding research and information as well as breaking news. Sydney Armani and his team take an academic approach to crowdfunding and startup entrepreneurship. If you want the facts and figures, check out crowdfundbeat.com. In addition to the U.S. site, they are also…

Episode 5: Greg Cangialosi

By Peter Clough on August 29, 2014

Greg Cangialosi, after selling his e-mail marketing firm Blue Sky Factory, co-founded Betamore to create a new hub for startup companies in Baltimore and also co-founded the Baltimore Angel Investment Group. Now, as CEO of Mission Tix, he is in the process of rebooting…

Episode 4: Jay Samit

By Peter Clough on August 22, 2014

Jay Samit – Veteran digital disrupter with experience at top entertainment companies including Sony, EMI and Universal as well as cutting-edge tech firms Oovoo and Social Vibe. Now as chairman of Realty Mogul, he is leading the revolution in real estate funding. He tells us how…